Organizational evolution via spatial partitioning: case study of a state-owned advertising agency in reform China
by Xu Kai. ; Thesis submitted in: December 1999. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-135). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; ABSTRACT (English) --- p.iii ; ABSTRACT (Chinese) --- p.v ; ACKNOWLEDEMENT --- p.vi ; LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vii ; LIST OF TABLES --- p.viii ; Chapter Chapter I --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1. --- Prelude --- p.1 ; Chapter 2. --- The Questions of Intra- and Inter-Organizational Dynamics --- p.5 ; Chapter 3. --- Hybridization: A Historical Trajectory of Chinese Advertising Industry --- p.8 ; Chapter 4. --- Competition and Professionalization: Two Challenges Facing State-Owned Ad Agencies --- p.14 ; Chapter 5. --- The Basic Conceptual Framework and A Chapter Outline --- p.19 ; Chapter Chapter II --- "Space, Spatial Partition and Situated Practices of A State-owned Ad Agency" --- p.22 ; Chapter 1. --- "Strategic Practices, Locale, and Institutional Changes" --- p.22 ; Chapter 2. --- Key Concepts and Their Linkages --- p.27 ; Chapter Chapter III --- Methodology --- p.40 ; Chapter 1. --- Case Study and Case Selection --- p.40 ; Chapter 2. --- PrQcedure of Fieldwork --- p.42 ; Chapter 3. --- Data and My Identities in Data Collection --- p.46 ; Chapter 4. --- Validity of My Interpretation --- p.50 ; Chapter Chapter IV --- Spatial Partitioning and Routine Practices at PAC --- p.53 ; Chapter 1. --- Seaside Province and Phoenix City --- p.53 ; Chapter 2. --- Physical Settings of PAC --- p.57 ; Chapter 3. --- Professionalization of PAC in the Front Region --- p.68 ; Chapter 4. --- The Transformation of Organizational Structure --- p.71 ; Chapter 5. --- Routine and Non-routine Practices in the Back Region --- p.77 ; Chapter 6. --- The Mixture of Two Systems in PAC --- p.93 ; Chapter Chapter V --- Patrolling the Spatial Partition in Competition --- p.97 ; Chapter 1. --- Bidding as A Critical Moment --- p.98 ; Chapter 2. --- PAC's Preparation for Submitting A Bid --- p.99 ; Chapter 3. --- PAC's Excellent Performances in ...